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Light and nutritious snacks for after school!

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Vegetable Flowers with Homemade Ranch Dip

This creative crudités makes eating veggies fun -- especially when kids can dip the petals in our easy-to-mix ranch dressing.
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Carrot Patches

Here's a treat hungry students are sure to dig: baby carrots planted in tasty dip.
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Sugar Snaps with Honey-Mustard Dip

When served with this simple dip, sugar snaps are an enticing side dish for kids.
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Three Rice Mice

Tell your kids it's time to make these tiny rice critters and see how they run to the kitchen.
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Cranberry Nut Snack Mix

This super healthy and yummy snack makes a great addition to any slumber party, house party, or lunch box.
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Rainy Day Cloud Nines

One way to brighten a rainy day is to dish up this simple and delicious treat.
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Hard-Boiled Egg Mice

These whimsical critters make a great snack.
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Snacktivities

When school's out, feed your kids' hunger for knowledge with these fun ideas for snack time.
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Mr. Tomato Head

Bright and cheerful, these pea-brained fellows may actually tempt your child to eat vegetables.
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Watermelon Pop Stars

Cool off with this pretty little pop star.
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Yellow Pepper Sun

Your child can brighten up his or her dinner plate with this vegetable sun.
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Grapefruit Gals

These sourpusses are a clever way to slip vitamin C into your child's diet.
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Animal Chips

Bake your own herd of tasty, crunchy Animal Chips.
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Fairy Berries

These strawberries dipped in pink chocolate are the perfect treat at a fairy-themed birthday party.
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Popcorn S'Mores

This stovetop recipe adds popcorn to the original campfire version of s'mores and turns the familiar snack into an easy, portable treat.
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School of Fish

It won't take long to reel kids in for snack time with these sweet-and-salty goldfish.
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Popcorn Squares

Popcorn and granola add a healthy crunch to these peanut-buttery treats.
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Mini Caramel Apples

Bite-size versions of the fall fair treat, these tiny "caramel" apples are a great party snack.
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Snack Cones

Edible serving containers make these salty-sweet snacks a no-mess, no-trash treat.
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Sticks and Stones

This crunchy, lunch-box-friendly snack mix is sweetened with fruit juice and brown sugar.
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Healthy Hearts

Move over, Cupid. These edible valentines will win the heart of everyone in the family. They're also sure to be a hit as a classroom snack.
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Monkey Mix

Here's a delicious, easy-to-make snack that you don't have to be a monkey to love.
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Homemade Granola Bars

These sweet, wholesome treats are sure to be a favorite with your family. Wrap each one in foil for an easy on-the-go breakfast, lunch box addition, or midday snack.
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Ladybugs on a Stick

These crowd-pleasers are a snack parents won't mind their kids filling up on.
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Shipshape Snack

Launch a fleet of edible sailboats for a nutritional snack your kids will sail right through.
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Snail Snack

This silly-looking snack may appear to be moving at a snail's pace, but it goes together — and disappears — quick as a wink.
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Bagel Critters

Let kids turn bagels, cream cheese, and assorted toppings into an edible zoo.
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Pickles in a Blanket

There's just something irresistible about the mini pickles. Kids can never eat enough of them and they also like to help roll the salami blankets.
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Gobble Me Up

Need a snack to tide the kids over until the big Thanksgiving feast? Here's a healthy option they can have fun making themselves.
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Cream Cheese Crisps

These crunchy and creamy bite-size sandwiches are a cinch to put together.
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Energy Boost Bars

These tasty and nutritious bars, made from scratch with wholesome ingredients, provide 20 grams of carbohydrates for slow-release, sustained energy.
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Fruit Cake

This clever creation, inspired by Spoonful guest Maryanne DaCosta from East Hanover, New Jersey, turns fresh fruit into a festive, healthy snack that really makes the grade.
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Flying Fish

Turn a handful of fresh snow peas into a school of fanciful fish.
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Fruit Flowers

Invite your child to plant these "berry" delicious flowers on his or her plate.
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Dessert Nachos

Fresh fruit puts a sweet spin on this Mexican-style treat.
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Edible Bracelet

Be a trendsetter by turning cereal and licorice into a fashionable edible bracelet.
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Balls of Energy

These nutritious bites are easy to mass-produce and just as easy for players to pop in their mouths during halftime or whenever they need a boost.
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Banana Dog

This fun fast-food impostor makes a wholesome quick breakfast.
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Apple Bites

These toothsome treats are a fun and healthy break from Halloween sweets.
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Banana Milk

This easy blended drink is a great treat after a long day in the classroom.
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